Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Here's a new web site that another author showed me that's crowdfunding geared specifically for the LGBT community. I don't know much about it, and I've never done crowdfunding myself, but I guess this is the same principle as kickstarter.com and indiegogo.com.

If you have an awesome idea for a creative project and you need the funds, this is your place. Start creating a campaign!

Starting a campaign on Pinkstart is easy, and free.

It's an easy site to navigate and some of the projects look interesting. I'll be posting more about it as I see projects coming through with LGBT artists I know.

For all of you who think things are so much better for gay people, this should give you an example of what we're still dealing with now. This happened in NY state, but it could have been anywhere in the world. And if they aren't calling for an execution in public, they are silently thinking about it in private.

This doesn't surprise me at all. And the main reason is that I dated a few straight guys in my time and it basically corroborates everything I learned from them.

“Our anuses have thousands of nerve endings that respond to stimulation,” a
columnist by the name of “Jake” writes in Glamour’s Sex and Dating
section. “I learned this firsthand in my twenties when, after several drinks at
a bar, I went home with an old college friend. We fooled around for a while, and
then I suddenly found myself on all fours as she used her hands up front and
stuck her tongue where the sun don’t shine.”

Another thing is true, too. From what I recall straight guys are not shy about what they want. But to be perfectly honest, you really have to be into certain things to enjoy them...both parties. Not everyone is, so don't let articles like this mislead you into believing that everyone out there likes to, well, eat ass.

And you'd better make sure you keep it clean. And I mean squeaky clean to the point where that ass shines like Sirius. Not Sirius the big mouth m/m book reviewer from THAT web site who gets it wrong and insults many gay men 99% of the time, Sirius the shining star.

Jamie Foxx has been making headlines this week because of transphobic jokes he made in reference to Bruce Jenner. It's really interesting because this kind of joke wouldn't even have been noticed ten years ago, and now it's considered wrong...as it should be. I hate to sound too PC about these things, and I really try not to be too PC with regard to laughing at myself, but these comedians that come from places of privilege really need to start rethinking what is and is NOT funny. Comedy has changed, like it or not.

What was the intention, for instance, behind Jamie Foxx’s recent
jokes at Bruce Jenner’s expense at the iHeartRadio awards?

The answer seems limited to obtaining a cheap laugh, putting someone down and
playing off tired stereotypes of transgender people.

And that’s not comedy, that’s just mean.

If I had kept track of every single homophobic joke I've heard in my lifetime, either blatant or passive aggressive, I could fill a book. The jokes where the straight guys joke around about being gay are the ones that always got to me the most. It's not that you can't tell gay jokes. I'm willing to laugh at myself as much as the next guy. But you have to be smart enough to find the right context.

Unfortunately, the comment thread with this devolves into something you might want to miss.

For a change, this article talks about turning things around, so to speak. Instead of more female nudity in a film the focus is on more male full frontal nudity. The movie is called The Overnight, and they weren't shy about what they were going for. I think the creator of Orange is the New Black did this one.

When planning The Overnight with executive producer Mark
Duplass, Brice remembered wondering aloud, “What if we made a movie that
had more male nudity than female nudity? Why don’t we subvert that convention when it comes to these kinds of movies?”

And subvert they did. There is one scene in The Overnight in
which one of the female characters is topless, but it is later
overshadowed completely by the movie’s extensive full-frontal dudity (a term for on-screen male nudity coined by my former colleague Chris Lee).

You can read more here. I don't have links to photos yet. But I'm sure we'll be seeing them soon. They even came up with the word "dudity" to make us laugh, I guess. But I hope that doesn't catch on.

And most of all, the film actually looks and sounds good aside from the nudity and cheesy PR.

The Overnight Preferred Terms for Penis

Jason Schwartzman and Adam Scott who are in The Overnight, have preferred terms for penis. It sounds as if The Overnight goes much deeper than its nudity and they wanted to come up with tasteful ways to refer to the penis. Because the word "penis" just isn't good enough.

The most comedic term for penis "depends" for Schwarzman. "I like 'unit,' or 'manhood.' I used to really like 'Johnson,' though I feel like it's overused."

The particulars of the script and the circumstances in "The
Overnight" called for the actors to don prosthetic penises for their
nude scenes. And, one other fun fact, the prosthetics needed to be
"wrung out" after shooting a swimming pool scene.

Though, really, while those were funny scenes, "I really love what
the characters are going through... and Jason's character's really helps
[my character] come out of his shell. It's super sincere and he really
helps Alex, my character, come out and feel good about himself. He never
expected to feel this way about himself and his body," Scott said.
"This guy was really generous with him."

Aside from the fact that I still prefer to call a dick a dick, and the dicks in this movie aren't real dicks, it looks like a great movie and you can read more about it here.

Days of Love Beverly Hills Book Award

Most of you know about the book Elisa Rolle created this year titled, Days of Love. A lot of hard work went into this book and it was nice to hear that it just won The Beverly Hills Book Award.

This is from my inbox:

Dear Elisa, It is our great pleasure to inform you that you are a
Winner in the LGBT Non-Fiction Category of the 3rd Annual Beverly Hills
International Book Awards. Your book, Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One
Story at a Time, truly embodies the excellence that this award was created to
celebrate, and we salute you and your fine work. The entire team at the Beverly
Hills Book Awards sincerely hope your participation in our contest will serve
you well in creating the success your book deserves. You have our warmest
congratulations. Warmly, ELLEN REID, President & CEO Beverly Hills Book
Awards http://www.beverlyhillsbookawards.com/2015-BHBA-Winners-and-Finalists.htm#lgbtnf

I know there's a great deal of significance right now...for a book like this. But I also think that down the road, from a cultural and historic POV, this book will be important for the future, too. We're only beginning to see books about LGBT culture, especially those that don't always focus on the negatives. Even though it is and always will be a niche market, it's still a viable market. You can check out Days of Love here on Amazon, too. There's a section of the book devoted to my husband, Tony, and me, along with many other LGBT couples you will either know or get to know.

Six Inventions that Changed Your Sex

Here's a video that shows how six inventions changed the way we have sex.

We take it for granted that our sexual menus contain as many items as
the Cheesecake Factory’s. Just don’t get any ideas with those
mozzarella sticks — not pretty.

But sex has evolved along with the rest of human civilization in some
wonderful ways. And some less-than-wonderful ways — did we really need
‘sexting’?

Aside from that dumb quote/commentary I just excerpted, the video is actually interesting and very well made.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

The first gay UK couple to marry while in prison, serving life sentences for murder, are Mikhail Gallatinov and Marc Goodwin.

According to The
Independent, the newlyweds fell in love during the time they spent in
prison.

The 20-minute ceremony was held in front of a few prisoners, family, and four
invited officers.

You can see more here. It's hard for me to comment because of the nature of their convictions, but straight couples do this all the time from what I hear.

Indiana Boycotts

This is a tough one for me because I was talking with a friend on Twitter the other day who lives in Indiana. She's straight and she doesn't discriminate against anyone. From what she told me, most people in Indiana don't discriminate either and they are just as frustrated and angry as the rest of the country over what their Governor did.

But some kind of a statement has to be made, and if everyone pulls together and boycotts the entire state I'm hoping it will help the people who live there, too...eventually. I personally don't have anything against anyone who lives in Indiana.

In any event, San Francisco...the entire city...is now boycotting Indiana:

Mayor Ed Lee (D) said on Thursday that he objects to Indiana's Religious
Freedom Restoration Act that allows businesses in the state to cite religious
beliefs as a legal defense for businesses to refuse service to lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender individuals.

Lee said in a statement that the city will not use taxpayer money to fund
any city employees' trips to the Midwestern state.

I also read on Twitter that the online company, Angie's List, is boycotting Indiana as well.

I didn't know this one. There's a country singer who came out as Josey Greenwell, and after about a year, he went back into the closet and changed his professional name to Nate Gree. He's now trying to market himself and brand himself to straight audiences. I'm sure a lot of you are wondering why would he do that? How could he not come out during this wonderful time for gays?

The answer is simple. Even though gay marriage is legal in many places, and even though gay rights are moving forward, the discrimination still outweighs the support. I get it and see it every day. If it's not outright discrimination it's total dismissal.

Steve Grand:

'It saddens me because I feel his decision to not be out and open in what
appears to be actually in some ways going back into the closet professionally, I
see it as a reflection on the sad state where people feel like they can’t be
out,' Grand tells The
Daily Beast.

It is sad. I agree with Grand. However, it is a reality for anyone in any of the arts. Gay people not coming from a place of privilege don't get the same opportunities straight people coming from places of privilege get.

'I feel bad for him, that he for whatever reason doesn’t feel he can’t be
welcomed as an artist and he’s branding himself as a country artist but he
doesn’t feel like that he can make that part of his work.'Grand's approach has been completely different.

Again, I agree with Grand. I feel bad for him, too. But I also understand him and I don't fault him for doing what he has to do to survive. I don't think there's a gay actor, singer, or even writer who hasn't thought about this at one time or another.

'I think I wanted to be out because I felt it sets a good example,' he says.
'We need as many people out as possible. I felt comfortable doing that and I’m
all about that for myself and I encourage other people to do the same.'

My biggest hope for Steve Grand is that he breaks the proverbial glass ceiling as an openly gay singer and he gets the support from the LGBT community he needs, as well as support from the mainstream. It's still too soon to tell. Grand has a lot on his side, and I'm hoping his new album does very well. But to be completely honest, I'm waiting to see how things work out for him. I know all too well how they work out for gay authors. Ricky Martin is out now, but he wasn't back when millions and millions were buying his albums. Martin is in a much better position than a young openly gay singer who wants to keep it real.

So go out and support Steve Grand. Buy his album. You'll like it. And not just because he's gay. He's very good.

Of Green he says: 'I don’t know his story, what his journey’s been like, so I
don’t want to make any judgement other than it’s a reflection of the world that
he believes in and it’s a sad reflection for me.'

I think that's a perfect way to put it. No one knows what his journey is like. But I do know what a gay journey is like in general. I have that experience now. And if you're not straight, white and privileged, it's not going to be an easy journey.

I put this at the bottom of the post because it feels so creepy posting about it I'd rather not focus on it for too long. I'm not sitting in judgement either. Most of you reading this right now know who Jane/Jen is and if you don't there are plenty of links out there with a simple search for Jane Litte and Jen Frederick.

The more I read about this the more discouraging it gets. The good, innocent people who have been hurt by all this are what bother me the most. My heart just breaks for them.

I read this comment, in part, on a romance review blog:

I’m hurt that I respected that line more than the person who drew it.

It
will be days and weeks and months before we tease out all the
implications of this. Trust is fragile. I’m hurt for many indie authors
who were so gracious, so generous. Who welcome newbies with open arms
and open their careers to share data, strategies, information…
everything. I’m hurt that future newbies might not find those arms and
doors so open.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Pop singer, Adam Lambert, made statements about how he uses the phrase "Hey Gurl."

Lambert also lumped Sam Smith into his statements:

I think with me and Sam, there’s definitely an understanding there, like: ‘Hey
gurl, how you doing?’ [laughs] But you know, there’s only a few of us actually,
on a mainstream level. I think we’re building a little clique, I hope, but I
haven’t met that many. I mean, Elton John is amazing, what a sweetheart, and Boy George is also incredible.
I’ve sat down and had lunch with him before, he’s so smart and has been though A
LOT, and now he’s in a really good, healthy space, and loves music and is DJing
and is still really connected to pop culture. He was really interesting to talk
to.”

All this came in reply as to whether or not there's a "fraternity" among certain gay male musicians.

I guess Ricky Martin, Lance Bass, George Michael, Michael Stipe, Clay Aitken,
etc. don’t respond to “hey hurl”.
Tony and I have been going to the beaches in Provincetown since 1995. We once sat behind a gay couple with Boston accents and they referred to each other with feminine pronouns and "hey gurl," too. We couldn't help but overhear them and their really bad disco music. We tried to be patient, but we eventually got up and moved as far away from them as we could get.

Fire Island Blaze
It's interesting because I didn't see much about this anywhere else. Ten years ago I would have heard about this all over the place. For those who don't know, Fire Island is a long time gay ghetto off Long Island, NY, where gay men have been gathering during the summer months since long before most of us were even born.

And this week there was a huge fire there that burned a few well known gay landmarks.

Officials say many structures, including the famed Grove Hotel, the Ice
Palace, and the Holly House, were all destroyed by the inferno, which affected
“the entire downtown business district” near Holly Walk and Bayview Walk.

The Ice Palace nightclub, in particular, is a Fire Island institution. In
addition to being a popular venue for circuit parties, its stage has hosted some
of the biggest gay icons in the business including Liza Minnelli, Carol
Channing, Lady Gaga, Chita Rivera, John Waters and Justin Vivian Bond.

Fire Island is one place with which I'm not too familiar. I do know people who go out there often, but I've always preferred the Hamptons.

Tim Oakes' Full Frontal Nudity

This isn't new, but I must have missed it. I don't think I've ever posted about it in my humble quest to find more male full frontal nudity that isn't considered "porn."

Sandbach RUFC rugby star Tim Oakes has an enduring, timeless appeal — or at
least his full-frontal nude pic does. Although some queer sites are claiming the
photo just leaked, it’s actually been circulating for at least five years and
appeared in this NSFW compilation video that was posted in 2009. A quick Google
search indicates the Welsh athlete posed for many more explicit photos, none of
which we can post here. And there’s even rumor of a, ahem, solo video out there
somewhere.

Side note: has anyone else noticed there's this new trend now where men are doing full frontal nude shots, "accidentally" linking them to the public, and then removing them as fast as they can? What's up with THAT? Don't you guys know that when you do that you not only defeat the purpose but you really turn people off big time.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Although I'm not political, I do get why so many LGBT people find the GOP a threat, and why they tend to attack anyone even remotely associated with the GOP. And this article I'm linking to now is a good example of how vicious and petty things can get.

Aaron Schock left office today and he said this:

“I leave here with sadness and humility,” he said. “For those whom I’ve let
down, I will work tirelessly to make it up to you.” Then the other shoe dropped,
as Schock compared the questions he’s faced over his lavish spending to the
hardships faced by the nation’s 16th president.

“I also know that every person faces adversity in life,” Schock revealed.
“Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many
defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did. “His continual
perseverance in the face of these trials — never giving up — is something all of
us Americans should be inspired by, especially when going through a valley in
life.”

In short, the founder of the DearAuthor Romance Review blog, Jane Litte, recently disclosed she's been writing NA romance secretly with the pen name, Jen Frederick. I'm not getting into all the details here, but you can read more at the link below. Jane/Jen seems to be taking all kinds of criticism, especially in the comments.

Here's something from the post:

Imagine my surprise, then, to realize that Jane is on more than one of
these loops with me as Jen Frederick. I find myself…not okay with that.
Not because I’m ashamed by anything I’ve said, but because I even have
to sit here and worry about it. And I’m feeling even sicker for the
authors who thought they were in a place that was safe to share certain
things and did so who would NOT have done so had they known Jane was
present. Do I believe Jane would or has intentionally retaliated against
these authors if they said something negatively about her site, her
books, her writing partner, or the EC case or any myriad of things? No.
But that doesn’t change the fact that it feels like a violation. And the
thing that readers of this post need to realize is that JANE KNOWS
THAT.

You can read the rest here. It's very long, and complicated. And I don't want to sound as if I'm being glib in this post. I'm not sure where I stand at this point. I do think the biggest mistake Jane/Jen may have made was in underestimating her power and influence as a blogger.

I made the decision a long time ago to work hard at keeping every single thing I put out there about me as an author as real as I can get it without losing too much privacy. It's been hard because I can't use social media like other people and interact with my family or my personal friends. For me, that would be too complicated. I can't find the balance. So I keep it all work and book related. That's partly because I don't want certain things about my life disclosed, like when a close family member passes away, or I had to put my fifteen year old dog down on this New Year's Eve unexpectedly. It's not that I'm unwilling to share this. It's that it would make my grief twice as difficult to have to deal with condolences from readers and other people I work with. I'd rather grieve in private, on my own terms, and process my losses alone. There are some things in life that gut you to the point of not wanting to speak about them in public.

There are also advantages to keeping it real, for the most part, and I think most readers appreciate that. I hope readers know that when I post about something personal in my life I'm not just making it up. In the same respect, I don't want to sound holier than thou right now. In the course of a single day I come across harmless tweets, updates, and blog posts from celebrities, from authors, and from bloggers that I know are embellishing everything about their private lives. I understand this and I never hold it against them because in doing this they are creating a larger than life persona, which is also something I think people want/crave. Do you really find self-published boring author, Betty June Johnson, who posts updates about her ugly buck-toothed kids interesting? Do you care what good old bad selfie queen Betty June Johnson had for dinner? Was that gray burger she ate "yummy?" Does that really make you want to read her books...or even care about her boring ass? In many cases, I think keeping it too real is the biggest mistake an author can make when trying to promote a brand. Because boring is not a brand. And this is something with which I've wrestled since I started getting published over twenty years ago.

In any event, Jane/Jen Litte/Frederick kept her pen name a secret and continued to blog at the same time without telling anyone except for a few close friends. But more than that, her books turned out to be successful. And while it's not something I would have done, I can't help but think this might be the most ingenious marketing plan I have ever seen to date. For a long time I thought Jane Litte was holier than thou, to the point where I thought she was a little creepy (those pencil skirts?). Now that I know she's not any better than any other author out there promoting a brand, I can't help but find her more interesting. So I'm still on the fence about the whole thing and it's going to take a long time for me to process it.

Where Looking Went Wrong

Frankly, I'm not too sure Looking went all that wrong. I liked it and I would have continued to watch. But this article is interesting anyway, because it basically agrees with me and it leaves everything up to the people commenting to offer suggestions about why Looking went wrong...and you should see all the free speech there.

As one of the few series on television that was created by a gay man (Michael
Lannan), written by a predominantly gay staff and that starred many out actors
(Jonathan Groff, Murray
Bartlett, Daniel Franzese, Russell Tovey), it’s a shame
there wasn’t more support from LGBT viewers, who criticized the series even
before it had premiered for not representing every facet of the queer
community.

And that is a shame. We don't support each other the same way other minorities do, not in TV, not in films, and certainly not in publishing and in books.

Here's one comment.

I refused to watch based in the trailers alone that showed us “Pretty White Gay
Guys With Problems.” As if a bunch of pretty white (oh wait, there was allegedly
one Latino guy) guys allegedly unable to find love is real. I think the bigger
problem is that the guys who actually look like all of these model-actors in
this series are never looking for love – they’re only looking for instant
gratification for their narcissism.

I'm not sure how I would comment. I liked the show. I liked Patrick, I thought it was well written, and it needed more time to develop. But there were flaws. I will admit that. And as usual, those flaws were mostly due to self-indulgence. In other words, it might have been too real.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Pop singer, Adam Lambert, is speaking up about why it is so important to him to be unapologetically gay. I think the message is important.

This is his statement:

I think there’s a simple power in being unapologetic and open about who and what
you are and not letting it prevent you from getting what you want. In that way,
I think I’ve made a statement. My wish is for gay to become less of a label, and
more of just one of many great colors in the collective box of humanity. I’m not
a separatist. I’m all inclusive.”

I tread with care here because I know not all gay men are able to be unapologetic about being gay. I don't blame them. But I do happen to agree with Lambert and I've been doing the same thing for the past ten years.

And it's not always easy to do.

Unapologetic Will Ferrell Gay Movie Jokes

I think the title of this article speaks loudly..."Will Ferrell Is Not Apologizing For the Anti-Gay Jokes In His Crappy Movie."

They never do apologize. I'm not surprised he's not apologizing, and I'm not surprised his movie is being called crappy. For me Will Ferrell has always been the epitome of heteronormative crappy movies from days gone by.

In any event...

Critics have blasted the film for what Variety calls “some of the
ugliest gay-panic humor to befoul a studio release in recent memory.”

One of Ferrell’s character’s biggest fears of being raped by another man.
(Because prison rape is the funniest thing ever!) After learning “gang slang”
with some African Americans, he tries giving a blowjob to a man he meets in a
public bathroom. (Because men blowing men is also the funniest thing ever!)

But don’t expect any apologies from Ferrell for his passe, homophobic,
racist, not to mention just plain bad jokes. He thinks they’re totally
uproarious.

“Any time you’re going to do an R-rated comedy, you’re going to offend
someone,” he recently told the AP. “But that’s kind of what we do. We provoke.
We prod. We also show a mirror to what’s already existing out there. We’re
playing fictitious characters who are articulating some of the attitudes and
misconceptions that already exist.”

I don't think anyone has mentioned to Ferrell that comedy has changed and evolved over the years. This is what comedy (and all communication) does as time passes. The same comedy that was so popular in the early 20th century vaudeville shows did not work in the latter part of the century. Lazy racist, gaycist heteronormative humor doesn't work anymore now.

This really bothered me. The LGBT HBO series, Looking, that I've been posting about since it started has been officially canceled.

After two years of following Patrick and his tight-knit group of friends as
they explored San Francisco in search of love and lasting relationships, HBO
will present the final chapter of their journey as a special. We look forward
to sharing this adventure with the show’s loyal fans.

The article goes on to talk more about how Looking fans soon became polarized after the first show. Just this weekend Tony and I had a small dinner party here and two people got into a discussion about Looking. One loved the show, one didn't (Tony). I think the issue with Looking is that it got into too much reality and it showed a segment of gay men that people don't always like to recognize. They think we're all the same...Modern Family...but we're not.

And I like Patrick. I'll miss him.

Frankly though, I blame all this on Patrick's douche scene (smile). Although gay men do actually douche, they just don't douche on TV. It's just not done.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

I normally wouldn't post about this because it's not pop culture or LGBT related...or even related to good looking men. However, I find it interesting to book publishing in general.

Jane Litte who started the DearAuthor reader oriented romance book review site recently posted a letter to her readership announcing that she's been writing NA romance novels with a pen name for quite some time now. Allegedly, no one knew this...or that winter in Russia is cold.

In part:So I went ahead and created a penname, Jen Frederick, and published Undeclared
with no expectations about what would happen. And, much to my surprise,
it sold well. So I wrote another one. And another. And began to learn
about the publishing industry from an entirely different perspective.

Actually, the article I'm linking to claims Liz Taylor would be "horrified" if she were alive today and she saw the number of young gay men with HIV. This comment was made by Taylor's granddaughter in a recent interview and it's all posthumous conjecture.

Naomi deLuce Wilding, 40, tells The Telegraph that "a real complacency" regarding HIV/AIDS in the gay community had already set in before her legendary grandmother's death at the age of 79 in 2011.

"Even before she died, when my grandmother was pretty ill, she was horrified to see that," Wilding said. "Sadly I don't think she had the strength to say what she really felt at that point."

I have nothing but respect for Taylor and for what she did during the time she did it. When no one was speaking up about AIDS, she was right there waving her arms. But I don't like to slam people with HIV now, because living with HIV is now considered living with a chronic illness, not a death sentence. And I don't like to attach a shame/blame stigma to anyone with HIV. Everyone has a different circumstance. I would, however, like to see more awareness so that young gay men know exactly what it's like to live with HIV. It's not just a matter of taking ARV drugs. And I just don't see this awareness anywhere. At least not in the mainstream where most people get their information.

Sean Cody Pornster Arrested

Anyone who reads this blog knows I've never once slammed anyone in the adult entrainment industry. But even I have to admit that sometimes these adult entertainers leave me wondering.

In this case a guy I'm not familiar with, Jarec Wentworth, was allegedly arrested for felony extortion by the FBI. He allegedly threatened to make a wealthy victim's sexual "liaisons" public if the victim didn't pay up. Jarec got quite a bit of money, until he got greedy.

Brank was put under surveillance after he successfully blackmailed the
unnamed wealthy gentleman out of some $500,000 in cash and an Audi R8 valued at
$180,000.

But after he (very greedily) demanded another million and a condo,
the man went to the FBI for help. They set up a sting at a Los Angeles
Starbucks, and on March 4th, arrested Brank. Inside Brank’s car at the time of
arrest was a loaded .357 Magnum revolver with additional ammunition.

This is something I find personally interesting because the next book in The Rainbow Detective series is focused on kidnapping and extortion. This one almost sounds as if it's part of my plot. Except for one thing: my main character has diphallia...two dicks. I'll post more about that soon.

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Ryan Field is the author of over 100 published works of LGBT fiction, the best selling Virgin Billionaire series, a pg rated hetero romance that was featured on The Home Shopping Network titled, "Loving Daylight," and a few more works of full length fiction with a pen name. He's worked in publishing for twenty years as a writer, editor, and associate editor. His work has been in Lambda Award winning anthologies and he's self-published a few novels with Ryan Field Press. You can reach him by leaving a comment here, or at rfieldj@aol.com

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At a glance, Anton Pagano looks and sounds just like any other twenty-something. He lives in a mansion in northern New Jersey with his mom and dad, and he's never had to worry about anything other than his wardrobe, his latest new car, and the secret love affair he's been having for years. However, Anton has more than just the love affair to hide: he belongs to a Sicilian vampire mobster clan that migrated to New Jersey in the late 1800s.

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Chase of a Dream

In this 59,000 word unabridged version of the sequel to "Chase of a Lifetime" that contains all of the original erotic scenes, Jim Darling finally finds the happiness he's been chasing for so long. He and Len Mayfield have settled into a quiet routine in their small newly renovated home in the Hollywood Hills, and they enjoy every minute they spend together raising Len's toddler grandson, Culum Mayfied.

While going through my reading list last night, I noticed that I'd made a note to check out Levi Johnston's book, "Deer in th...

Cowboy Howdy by Ryan Field

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The Virgin Billionaire

New Release sold at ravenousromance.com, amazon and other online bookstores in digtal and paperback

Four Gay Weddings

New Release from Ravensousromance.com

The Bachelor

Newest Release September 2011 In spite of the disappointments...and a few awkward moments with a chocolate cupcake...he's determined to concentrate more on love than on casual sex. Even though he's not sure how it's all going to work out in the end, he's ready to take his chances for the sake of love.

Missing Jackson's Hole

Gay Pride and Prejudice

New Release: Pride, prejudice, same sex marriage and all those little heartfelt things in life and love we take for granted.

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM AT THE PLAZA

A modern m/m romance

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A Regular Bud

A new cover for a book that hasn't been released yet.

Take Me Always

Out as an e-book right now with ravenousromance.com, and in print on Amazon.com

When Harry Met Sal

An LGBT take on a classic movie, with a hunky professional poker player and an international designer as main characters. And a pet pig named "Dolly."

Sleepless in San Francisco

If you love home renovation shows on TV, hot air balloons, cute dogs, and a romance with a happy ending, you'll like this one.

LAMBDA AWARD WINNER

It was a choice between two stories in this book. I'm glad my story "Down the Basement" won, because the book went on to win this year's Lambda Award for gay erotica.

HE'S BEWITCHED

Just released by Ravenousromance.com, this novel is a light paranormal romance with a road trip to Cape Cod, an amazing little dog, and a love story with a very happy ending.

American Star

A satirical erotic romance loosely based on the TV show American Idol. Just released on amazon.com in paperback, or as an ebook at ravenousromanc.com

Capping the Season

A sneak peak at a new book being released this month. The artist must have been reading my mind.

BEST GAY LOVE STORIES 2009

Alyson Books

Best Gay Love Stories: Summer Flings

This was one of those books I loved being part of because the erotic scenes are simple and light. I was allowed to stretch beyond the sex and focus on the love.

Backdraft

A book I'm in edited by Shane Allison. I submitted the story and an hour later, with unheard of speed in publishing, Shane accepted it for the book.

cross dressing

My story in this book was challenging. But it was worth the effort because I'm a huge fan of the editor, Rachel Kramer Bussel

Cruise Lines Ship to Shore

This was published by Alyson Books. I have a soft spot for Ayson because I've been in their books since they were located on 40 Pympton Street in Boston.

Young Doughy Joey

A Quirky Short Story

A Young Widow's Promise

New Historical Romance Novella Being Released October 28, 2011

Alyson Books

Strawberries and cream at The Plaza, a romantic meeting in Central Park and more romance in one day than most people have in a lifetime. And it's all in my short story, A BLOGGER BOI, found in this book.

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Ravenous Romance

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Cleis Press

Pretty Man

Unlike most stories, where the rich and powerful husband dumps the hard working, devoted life partner for someone younger, this one takes a turn in the opposite direction when the rich husband is the one to get dumped. But with young Josh's help, Roland learns in less than a week's time that his future can still hold both earth-shattering sex and a love of real substance.

Whatever, Dude

When a young professional is mistaken for a hooker, the outcome is always shocking.

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